Global Labour Set to Deteriorate More; ILO warns

 Unemployment and inequality both look set to rise as multiple and overlapping economic and political crises threaten labour market recovery worldwide, according to the latest according to a new ILO report....https://indianf.com/labour/

Depreciation in Currency Heightens Energy, Agri Risk

 The shrinking value of currencies of most developing economies is driving up food and fuel prices, which ultimately could deepen the food and energy crises in these countries, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook report....https://indianf.com/depreciation/

Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit New highs

 In another ominous climate change warning, atmospheric levels of three main greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide reached new record highs in 2021, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization(WMO)...https://indianf.com/greenhouse-gas-2/

US, Canada Losses ten Million Acres of Grassland

Since 2016, a total of about ten million acres of grasslands have been destroyed across the US and Canadian Great Plains, according to WWF’s seventh-annual Plowprint Report...https://indianf.com/grassland/

Heat Wave to Affect Every Child by 2050

 

Heat waves, which have become an unavoidable health hazard for many nations, are set to virtually affect every child on earth (over 2 billion children) by 2050, warned the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on October Tuesday....https://indianf.com/heat-wave-to-affect-every-child-by-2050/

Asian Elephants Prefer Habitats on Periphery of Protected Areas

 

Wild Animals have their own habitats and they prefer not to leave their surroundings. Likewise, what about Asian elephants? Where do they prefer to stay? A new study shows that Asian elephants prefer habitats on the periphery of protected areas, rather than the areas themselves....

UN Way to Fight Climate Crisis

 

With effects of climate emergency felt across the world, the United Nations have come up with five ways to help nations adapt to an increasingly unstable environment.....https://indianf.com/climate-4/

Steep Rise in Child Poverty in Central Asia/Eastern Europe

Rising inflation and Russia-Ukraine war have triggered a 19 per cent increase in child poverty across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said a new study by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).....https://indianf.com/poverty-3/

Poor Countries Focus More on Debt Payment Than on Education

 

One-third of the poorest countries in the world are spending more on paying back debt to wealthy nations and investors than they are on children’s education, said Save the Children....https://indianf.com/education/

Birds in the US Declined Fast in their Habitats

 Birds in the United States are declining overall in their habitats of forests, grasslands, deserts and oceans, while they are better thriving in the wetlands, according to 2022 U.S. State of the Birds report.....https://indianf.com/birds-2/

Half of World Not prepared for Disaster

 Almost half of the countries globally are not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems and the numbers are even worse for developing countries on the front lines of climate change, said a latest report...https://indianf.com/disaster/

A World With 93 % Hunger Funding Gap

The world saw a hunger funding gap of 93 per cent with only less appeals for hunger related funds  through the UN humanitarian system getting filled, according to “The Hunger Funding Gap: How The World Is Failing to Stop the Crisis,” an analysis released today by Action Against Hunger....https://indianf.com/hunger-4/

India Gets Fourth Set of Swiss Bank Details; Its Importance

 India received the fourth set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals and organisations as part of an annual automatic information exchange under which Switzerland has shared particulars of nearly 34 lakh financial accounts with 101 countries....https://indianf.com/swiss/

Russian Revenge On Ukraine Against Crimea Bridge Explosion

After weeks of setbacks, Russia on Monday ( October 10, 2022) bombed several cities across Ukraine, hitting civilian targets and damaging infrastructure, in what is seen as revenge for blowing up a vital bridge connecting Ukraine to Russian annexed Crimea.....https://indianf.com/ukraine-2/

Reducing Poverty Still A Long Way; Covid 19 Dealt The Biggest Blow

The world is unlikely to meet the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and that COVID-19 dealt the biggest setback to global poverty-reduction efforts since 1990 and the war in Ukraine threatened to make matters worse,  said a new World Bankstudy....https://indianf.com/poverty-2/

With Reduced Russia Supplies to Europe, Natural Gas Markets to Remain Tight into 2023

Russia’s continued curtailment of natural gas flows to Europe has pushed international prices to new highs, disrupted trade flows and led to acute fuel shortages in some emerging and developing economies, with the market tightness expected to continue well into 2023, according to the IEA’s latest quarterly Gas Market Report...https://indianf.com/natural-gas/

Govts’ Crucial Role in Halting Diminishing Forests

 Stating that increasing food security without drastically diminishing forest cover is a major challenge,The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called on for concerted and collective action in halting deforestation and boosting forest restoration....https://indianf.com/forests/